Sixth Grade First Honors: Myra Bailey, Jackson Bickford, Loretta Chase, Claire Cote, Emily Coughlin, Karaleena Dick, Brynnlee Dolloff, Grace Guthro, Georgiana Hansen, Tess Howard, Piper LeBlanc, Tyler Levesque, Kaden Madden, Chiara Parker, Nina Roche, Sloane Sanborn, Fiona Warde, and Zachary Wood. Second Honors: Jaxson Bailey-Beaulieu, Aryanna Blake, Saoirse Brethauer, Jameson Carpenter, Emma Clough, Lane Demers, […]
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
From Augusta: Providing help for homeowners today, preparing for the storms tomorrow
In the winter of 2023 and spring of 2024, severe weather devastated communities from the coast of Senate District 31 to the mountains of Western Maine. Both rising storm surges and raging floodwaters caused devastating damage to beaches, businesses, homes, infrastructure, and working waterfront. The impact left many Mainers reeling from the immediate and long-term […]
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Former Maine lawmaker’s leukemia fight highlights national need for bone marrow donors
If Maggie O’Neil can’t find a match among family members, she’ll have to turn to a global nonprofit that connects volunteer donors with patients. But finding a matching donor is often a difficult and lengthy process.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Saco could add over 200 new housing units
Three properties in Saco could be rehabilitated into housing over the next year.
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Beyond the Headlines: 40 Under 40 award a culmination of life’s work
The new year is a time for reflection, introspection, and goal setting. It’s an opportunity to appreciate the journey that has led you to this particular moment in your life. I enter 2025 with deep appreciation for an award that is very meaningful to me. Mainebiz, a statewide business magazine, named me to their 40 […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
More Mainers are leaning on state help to pay for burials, cremations
Funeral directors say they are seeing more situations where General Assistance is needed to pay for a burial or cremation, but the amount paid by the program doesn’t completely cover expenses.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Community News: Jan. 30
UMaine at Augusta Saco Center opens new location The Saco Center of the University of Maine at Augusta is open for business and will begin the spring semester in its new location, Suite 104 at 209 Main St., Saco. Over the past 40 years, the UMA Saco Center has served an average of 350 students […]
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Mayors’ Night Out event supports local family
Biddeford Mayor Martin Grohman invites the Biddeford-Saco community to come out to the event on Feb. 5.
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County Report – Officials: Training center may be finished by end of year
The water line has been brought over from York County Jail to the building site, the foundation for the First Responder Training Center has been poured, sewer piping is complete, and soon, installation of structural steel for the training center will commence. York County Commissioners learned during a mid-January site tour that if all continues […]
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Two charged after police chase in Casco
Two were charged Jan. 17 in Casco after involvement in a police chase, according to a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office statement. Sheriff deputies were conducting traffic enforcement operations on Roosevelt Trail near the intersection of Club Sebago Way in Casco on Jan. 17, when at about 7:38 p.m. they observed a blue Mazda 3 operating […]